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Carol Diahann Johnson was born on the 17th July 1935. in The Bronx, New York City USA, of African and American descent. As Diahann Carroll, she is an actress perhaps best known for appearing in a number of film and TV titles, including “Carmen Jones” (1954), “Porgy And Bess” (1959), “Julia” (1968-1971), and “Dynasty” (1984-1987). She is also recognized as a musician. Her career has been active since 1954.

Have you ever wondered how rich Diahann Carroll is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Carroll’s net worth is as high as $28 million, which has been accumulated through her involvement in the entertainment industry not only as an actress, but also as singer, in a career now spanning over 60 years.

Diahann Carroll is the daughter of John Johnson and Mabel Faulk. When she was a baby, her family moved to Harlem, where she spent her childhood, attending Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts. Parallel with education, she began working as a nightclub singer, as well as a model, appearing in the magazine “Ebony”. After matriculation, she enrolled at New York University, where she majored in Sociology.Diahann`s career began in the 1950s, when she was a contestant in the show “Chance of a Lifetime”, winning $1,000 prize for her performance of “Why Was I Born?”. After her initial success, she launched careers as both a singer and actress, and has managed both of them simultaneously since then.

She began on stage, appearing in the musical “House of Flowers” in 1954, and since then she has appeared in several famous productions, including “No Strings” (1962), “Same Time Next Year” (1977), “Love Letters” (1990), “Sunset Boulevard” (1995), “On Golden Pond” (2004), and “A Raisin In The Sun” (2014), adding consistently to her net worth.To speak of her career on screen, Diahann has featured in more than 50 film and TV titles, which represent a large part of her net worth. She made her debut appearance in the role of Myrt in the film “Carmen Jones” (1954), and during the 1950s appeared also in the film “Porgy and Bess” (1959). In the 1960s, she emerged as a talented actress, and it became easy for her to find new engagements, startingin the role of Connie Lampson in the film “Paris Blues” (1961) with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and continued with appearances in “Hurry Sundown” (1967), and a lead in the TV series “Julia” (1968-1971), increasing further her net worth.

Her next big role came in 1974, when she starred in the film “Claudine” in lead role alongside James Earl Jones, and in 1979 she featured in the film “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”, with Paul Benjamin and Ruby Dee.In the 1980s, Diahann scored several television film roles, such as Carolyn Jones in “Sister, Sister” (1982), and as Maggie in “From the Dead of Night” (1989), but also appeared in the TV series “Dynasty” (1984-1987), and “The Colbys” (1985-1986), which also added a lot to her net worth.The next decade saw a decline in Diahann`s career, as she only appeared in a few titles, which included “Lonesome Dove: The Series” (1994-1995), a brief role in “Eve`s Bayou” (1997), and the lead in the “The Sweetest Gift” (1998).

In the 2000s, she featured in “Grey`s Anatomy” (2006-07), and in 2010 she was cast in the TV series “Single Mom” (2010-2011). To speak further of her accomplishments as an actress, she appeared in the TV series “White Collar” (2009-2014), and most recently she featured in the film “The Masked Saint” (2016).Diahann`s net worth benefited from her singing talents as well, as she has released 14 albums in total, the sales of which have also added to her net worth. Her first album came out in 1957, entitled “Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs”, and since then she has released albums such as “Fun Life”(1961), “Nobody Sees Me Cry”(1967), “Diahann Carroll”(1974), and “The Time Of My Life” (1997), which is her last release.

Thanks to her skills, she has received several prestigious awards, including a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Female Star for her work on “Julia”, and she also won an Image Award in the category Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her work on “Claudine”. Furthermore, she has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame(1990) for her accomplishments in the entertainment industry.

Speaking about her personal life, Diahann Carroll has been married four times. Her first husband was record producer Monte Kay (1956-63), with whom she has a child. Later, she was married to Fredrick Jack Glusman for just four months in 1973, andthen married Robert DeLeon(1975-77). Her last husband was singer/musician Vic Damone, from 1987 to 1996. She is also known for being a breast cancer survivor, and an activist.

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Carol Diann Johnson Quotes

• All I ever wanted to do was sing. What happened was more.
• In the beginning, I found myself dealing with a show business dictated by male white supremacists and chauvinists. As a black female, I had to learn how to tap dance around the situation. I had to … find a way to present my point of view without being pushy or aggressive. In the old days, the only women I saw in this business were in makeup, hairdressing, and wardrobe departments. Now I’m surrounded by women executives, writers, directors, producers, and even women stagehands.
• I learned quickly that almost any time a third world face became prominent on TV, we became responsible for the whole minority community.
• I like to think I opened doors for other women, although that wasn’t my original intention.
• I’m always getting involved in the wrong relationship. I do that very well.
• [on filming Hurry Sundown (1967) in St. Francisville, LA, home of the Ku Klux Klan, amid death threats to the cast and crew] You can cut the hostility here with a knife. I’m not a fighter. I usually smile and then go into my room and cry my eyes out. But down here, the terror has killed my taste for going anywhere.

Carol Diann Johnson Important Facts

• $600,000
• $1,000
• Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Suzanne to begin filming Paris Blues (1961).
• Release of her autobiography, “The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering and Other Things I Learned Along the Way” by Diahann with Bob Morris. [2008]
• Rehearsing to appear in “On Golden Pond” opposite James Earl Jones, in Washington, D.C. [July 2004]
• Release of her autobiography, “Diahann” by Diahann with Ross Firestone. [1986]
• Acting mentor and friend of Marc Copage.
• In an interview, her ex-Julia (1968) co-star, Marc Copage said, she was his surrogate mother who filled that void when he didn’t have a real-life mother.
• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Diahann had to withdraw from the 2004 Kennedy Center production of “On Golden Pond” co-starring James Earl Jones due to medical reasons. She was replaced by Leslie Uggams.
• In 1959, while appearing as Clara in Porgy and Bess (1959), she fell in love with the film’s star Sidney Poitier. Both were married, however, and the affair ended. The two reconnected with the filming of the movie Paris Blues (1961) and this time she divorced her first husband. She eventually became engaged to Poitier, only to break off the relationship several months later.
• Once worked in the hat department at New York’s Macy’s Store.
• Once enrolled at New York University, where she intended to study psychology, in honor of her parents’ wishes that she complete her education. She lasted one term; her passion for a career in singing won out.
• While Diahann was performing in 1954’s “House of Flowers” on Broadway, she became involved with the show’s casting director, Monte Kay, who then became her first husband in September of 1956.
• Her romantic relationships were turbulent. In the early 1970s she became romantically involved with David Frost, a popular British talk show host. In November of 1972, she and Frost became engaged but she called it off and married another man, Freddie Glusman, a week later. That marriage was short-lived.
• Her third union to Robert DeLeon, the 24-year-old managing editor of Jet magazine, after only meeting three months earlier, grew contentious early in the game. DeLeon began to drink heavily and run up debts, and the marriage ended abruptly when he was killed in a 1977 car accident.
• Once pursued the idea of a joint talk show hosting assignment with her daughter, Suzanne Kay, from her first marriage.
• Best known by the public for her starring role as the title character in Julia (1968).
• Mother-in-law of Mark Bamford.
• Is one of 10 African-American actresses to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, and Quvenzhané Wallis.
• Was supposed to have returned to Dynasty (1981) for Season 10 in 1989, but the show was canceled after Season 9.
• Won Broadway’s 1962 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for “No Strings,” in a tie with Anna Maria Alberghetti for “Carnival.”
• Is a honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
• Mother of Suzanne Kay Bamford, media journalist (b. 9 September 1960).
• Was a model for Ebony Fashion Fair.
• In the early 1970s, engaged to TV interviewer David Frost.
• She and actor Billy Dee Williams were high school classmates at The New York City High School of Music & Art, the school that in the 70s merged with the HIgh School of Performing Arts, featured in “Fame” (1982), to become Laguardia High School.
• Won a Tony for “No Strings”.
• Won first prize on TV’s Chance of a Lifetime (1952).
• Is a breast cancer survivor.
• In the 1960s she was engaged to Sidney Poitier.

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